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Maybe I am just hard wired for depression and anxiety

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

I want the dreams to stop. They are not nightmares. They are bad dreams. Years of therapy have given me an explanation, but no solution. It seems to come down to this: I cannot control ...

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Missed meds = misery

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

I felt like crap today and I chalked it up to just coming back from a very laid back vacation in the Florida Keys, a 14-hour day yesterday, the sudden announcement today of a massive ...

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My triplets: Depression, Bipolar, Alcoholism

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

I hit the mental illness trifecta. I have depression, bipolar AND alcoholism. I think of them as my wiley little triplets. If one wants to take a nap, the other two won't have it. They ...

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Rant-o-Rama: Another Irresponsible Doctor

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

So, looks like we have ANOTHER doctor accused of prescribing drugs that killed a celeb. This time it's Michael Jackson's doctor. Apparently, Jackson's doctor injected propofol - a powerful anesthetic- to Jackson the night he ...

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Psychiatry v Anti-Psychiatry

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

What is up with Dr. Thomas Szasz? I know Szasz is the name to drop when I want to rile up a debate about the state of psychiatry in America. As a proponent of the Anti-Psychiatry ...

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Rant-o-Rama: Yet another study…puh-leez

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

We have yet another study finding that the number of adults taking anti-depressants, anti-psychotics and Alzheimer's drugs is rising. Pardon my sarcasm, but DUH! This one was recently reported in the journal Health Affairs. This study ...

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Remembering my depression

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Yesterday was my anniversary. I am not married and I was not celebrating another year of sobriety. April 27 is the anniversary of my last clinical depression. It was one of the worst days of my ...

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Rant-o-Rama: Really blind justice

Monday, April 6th, 2009

I went to meeting of our local Criminal Justice Commission last week. The commission created a task force called the Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Planning Council. After months of research the council ...

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